Misplaced Modifiers
From a Reuters story on Reagan's death:
Reagan's son, Michael, adopted during his first marriage to actress Jane Wyman, arrived moments after the president died after being caught in traffic, Drake said.
posted by Stuart Buck at
9:14 AM
1 Comments:
The misplaced modifer was in the original press conference remarks of the Reagan spokesman. It would have been a kindness if the reporter had caught and corrected the error, and since the report does not use quotation marks, it appears the reporter instead adopted it.
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